MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.19,-75.48 Latitude: 31.19 Longitude: -75.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 27.8 23.0 75 4.8 24.3 268 10 299.6 302.9 297.0 351.4 17.71 1 1000 134 26.6 21.4 73 5.2 22.9 268 11 299.7 302.7 296.0 347.3 16.27 2 950 586 23.0 19.6 81 3.4 20.6 267 11 300.5 303.3 295.6 345.2 15.27 3 900 1056 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 270 12 302.4 305.0 295.1 343.1 13.78 4 850 1549 17.5 15.0 85 2.5 15.8 275 12 304.5 306.9 294.9 342.4 12.71 5 800 2066 14.8 12.2 85 2.6 13.1 276 11 306.9 309.0 294.5 340.8 11.24 6 750 2610 11.6 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 278 10 309.2 311.1 294.3 339.7 10.00 7 700 3185 8.2 7.1 93 1.1 7.5 290 10 311.6 313.3 294.2 339.5 9.08 8 650 3795 5.0 4.3 95 0.7 4.6 296 10 314.7 316.2 294.3 339.9 8.05 9 600 4445 1.5 0.9 96 0.6 1.2 267 8 317.9 319.2 294.2 339.6 6.84 10 550 5143 -1.9 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.3 241 8 321.8 322.9 294.4 340.3 5.70 11 500 5897 -5.5 -6.4 93 0.9 -6.0 244 9 326.3 327.3 294.8 342.1 4.73 12 450 6718 -9.8 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.2 275 7 330.9 331.6 295.2 343.7 3.75 13 400 7618 -15.1 -15.7 95 0.6 -15.3 291 6 335.4 336.0 295.6 345.2 2.81 14 350 8615 -21.8 -22.0 98 0.2 -21.8 307 4 339.4 339.8 295.8 346.2 1.88 15 300 9731 -30.2 -30.7 96 0.5 -30.3 347 6 342.8 343.0 295.8 346.6 0.99 16 250 11001 -40.4 -41.9 86 1.4 -40.6 264 4 346.0 346.0 296.1 347.5 0.39 17 200 12479 -53.0 -56.8 63 3.8 -53.1 105 3 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14274 -66.8 -70.4 61 3.6 -66.8 33 10 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16674 -70.1 -82.5 15 12.4 -70.2 105 4 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.57 m Freezing level: 577.86 mb = 4754.32 m = 15597.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.05 mb = 4675.16 m = 15338.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.51 mb = 608.63 m = 1996.81 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1388.02 m = 4553.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.81 mb = 962.07 m = 3156.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.81 mb = 2227.65 m = 7308.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.81 mb = 8513.10 m = 27929.77 ft B at Equ Level: 232.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.81 mb = 13319.07 m = 43697.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2165.95 Bulk Shear: 0.11 m/s